“It’s my money,” she said angrily. “And I know exactly what I want to do with it.”
He raised his eyebrows as if her outburst surprised him and then he said quietly,
“But, of course! As you say, it’s your money, even though the amount of it is much more than you expected!”
He waited a moment and, as she did not reply, he added,
“Did you not read the letter I sent you setting out the terms of your engagement and the salary that the Ambassador was prepared to pay?”
This was another trap, Sheena thought wildly and she must be careful lest she fall into it.
“I am often very forgetful of such things,” she replied, rising to her feet.
She did not look at him as she spoke and yet she was uncomfortably aware that his eyes were on her face. Holding the two one hundred franc notes in her hand,
